Plants reddish to black. Leaves erect-spreading, straight or sometimes secund, lanceolate, widest proximally, apex symmetric; costa absent; leaf margins entire; basal laminal cells rectangular to long-rectangular, marginal cells quadrate, walls little pitted; medial laminal cells roundedquadrate to ovate, 1-stratose entirely or sometimes 2-stratose in patches distally, lumens rounded; laminal papillae rare, low. Sexual condition cladautoicous; perichaetial leaves differentiated, convolute-sheathing. Spores 12–20 (–30) µm.

Habitat: Acidic rock faces, occasionally thin soil
Elevation: moderate elevations

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B.C., South America (Argentina), South America (Ecuador), nw Europe, Asia (e China), Atlantic Islands (Kerguelen Island), Pacific Islands (including New Zealand), Australia

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